Security Testing Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Security Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Security Testing over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the North West region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Testing
Rank 112 118 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 6 11 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.256% 0.352% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.361% 0.571% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 9 0
Average daily rate - £308 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £325 £400
% change year-on-year
-15.38% -18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £57.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- +64.28%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1664 1925 2014
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.99% 61.66% 64.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 821 991 1044
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 84 96
Average hourly rate £21.00 £18.25 £20.30
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.06% -10.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.25 £13.35 £12.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.47 £37.50 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Security Testing
England

Security Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Security Testing across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West Security Testing Jobs Demand Trend

Security Testing
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Security Testing across the North West region.

North West Security Testing Daily Rate Trend

Security Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Security Testing across the North West region.

North West Security Testing Hourly Rate Trend

Security Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Testing within the North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester +16 6 - -
Security Testing
England

Security Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Security Testing also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Security Testing.

1 6 (85.71%) Mobile App
2 5 (71.43%) Vulnerability Management
2 5 (71.43%) Information Security
2 5 (71.43%) Penetration Testing
3 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
3 4 (57.14%) DV Cleared
3 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) HTML
4 2 (28.57%) J2EE
5 1 (14.29%) MySQL
5 1 (14.29%) CSS
5 1 (14.29%) JSP
5 1 (14.29%) SOAP
5 1 (14.29%) Web Services
5 1 (14.29%) Tomcat
5 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
5 1 (14.29%) Eclipse
5 1 (14.29%) Hyperion
5 1 (14.29%) Blackberry
5 1 (14.29%) Java
5 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 1 (14.29%) SQL
5 1 (14.29%) MVC
5 1 (14.29%) Hibernate
5 1 (14.29%) Scrum
5 1 (14.29%) E-Learning
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (14.29%) Spring
5 1 (14.29%) PKI
5 1 (14.29%) QA

Security Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Security Testing also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Security Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (28.57%) HTML
1 2 (28.57%) J2EE
2 1 (14.29%) CSS
2 1 (14.29%) JSP
2 1 (14.29%) SOAP
2 1 (14.29%) Web Services
2 1 (14.29%) Hibernate
2 1 (14.29%) Spring
2 1 (14.29%) Spring MVC
2 1 (14.29%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Eclipse
1 1 (14.29%) Subversion
1 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
1 1 (14.29%) Hudson
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Consultant
1 6 (85.71%) Security Consultant
2 5 (71.43%) Testing Consultant
2 5 (71.43%) IT Consultant
2 5 (71.43%) IT Security Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Java Web Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Java Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Web Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Penetration Test Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Mobile App
2 1 (14.29%) Blackberry
2 1 (14.29%) E-Learning
2 1 (14.29%) PKI
2 1 (14.29%) Cryptography
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Android
1 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Vulnerability Management
1 5 (71.43%) Information Security
1 5 (71.43%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
2 1 (14.29%) MVC
2 1 (14.29%) Scrum
2 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (14.29%) Load Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (14.29%) TDD
2 1 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) DV Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Hyperion
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